English Package: Guided Reading Programme for Teachers

Guiding Reading Programme for Teachers
4 x half day sessions + gap tasks
Aimed at: class teachers and English subject leaders

There has been a limited focus on securing teachers’ subject knowledge in reading over the last few years. This is particularly true for supporting pupils to engage with text at a deeper level of meaning. This programme supports teachers to reconnect with the fundamentals of teaching comprehension and challenging the quality of dialogue in their classrooms around high quality texts.

Preparation – Reading Task (Never Let me Go Kazuo Ishiguro 2005) + English Curriculum

Day 1 - 8th October 2018, Beechwood Junior School, 1:00pm – 5:00pm: Understanding the research – How do children make sense of text?
Gap Task: Auditing resource and text selection

Day 2 - 19th November 2018, Beechwood Junior School, 1:00pm – 5:00pm: Mapping text potential – ‘There is no shortcut to teaching reading well’
Gap Task: Current provision in your classroom

Day 3 - 22nd January 2019, Beechwood Junior School, 1:00pm – 5:00pm: Strategies for teaching comprehension – Dialogic Talk
Gap Task: Putting it into practice, capturing effective teaching

Day 4 - 4th March 2019, Beechwood Junior School, 1:00pm – 5:00pm:
Shared learning event

The course will be led by Abbie Wilkinson, Standards Officer for the Hamwic Education Trust, and co-facilitated by SLEs from across a range of Hamwic schools.